Graduate student Tsukamoto’s reserach was published in Stem Cells and Development.

The researchers generated canine iPS cells using Sendai virus vectors that are automatically removed. This enables the production of virus-free canine iPS cells. It is expected that research for clinical application will be promoted in the future.

Generation of Footprint-Free Canine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Auto-Erasable Sendai Virus Vector.
Tsukamoto M, Nishimura T, Yodoe K, Kanegi R, Tsujimoto Y, Alam ME, Kuramochi M, Kuwamura M, Ohtaka M, Nishimura K, Nakanishi M, Inaba T, Sugiura K, Hatoya S.
Stem Cells Dev. 2018 Nov 15;27(22):1577-1586. doi: 10.1089/scd.2018.0084. Epub 2018 Oct 11.

Canine iPS cells                Undifferentiated marker